US Farmers Opt for Soy to Limit Losses as All Crop Prices Slump June 4, 2024 By Karl Plume Mark Tuttle planted more soy and less corn on his northern Illinois farm this spring as prices for both crops...
Mississippi River Reopens to Barge Traffic After Low Water Closures October 11, 2022 By Karl Plume Two stretches of the southern Mississippi River were reopened to commercial traffic over the weekend after dredging operations deepened the...
U.S. Barge Backlog Swells on Parched Mississippi River October 5, 2022 By Karl Plume Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels...
Dry Winter, Wet Spring Shrink U.S. Wheat Crop, Adding to Global Woes From War June 2, 2022 By Karl Plume North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Russia’s invasion...
Cybersecurity Incident Knocks Iowa Farm Services Firm’s Systems Offline September 21, 2021 By Karl Plume and Christopher Bing Iowa-based farm services provider NEW Cooperative Inc. said its systems were offline to contain a “cybersecurity” incident just as the...
Union Cheers as Court Halts Trump Hog Slaughter Line Speed Rule April 1, 2021 By Karl Plume The largest U.S. meatpacking union celebrated a victory in federal court on Wednesday that it said invalidated a Trump-era rule...
U.S. May Allow Flooded Farmers Filing Insurance Claims to Also Get Trade Aid June 11, 2019 By Karl Plume The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into ways to allow farmers who have been unable to plant crops due...
Insurers Deploy Drone Fleets to Speed Harvey Disaster Recovery August 30, 2017 By Karl Plume and Tim McLaughlin Fleets of commercial drones are primed to hover over the destruction from Tropical Storm Harvey in an unprecedented test of...
Tennessee Restricts Monsanto Pesticide Use as Crop Damage Spreads July 14, 2017 By Karl Plume Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto Co., becoming the fourth state...
Archer Daniels Midland to Sell Crop Risk Services to Validus January 31, 2017 By Karl Plume U.S. agricultural commodities trader Archer Daniels Midland Co has agreed to sell its Crop Risk Services (CRS) insurance business for...